What are you committed to in life? Work, kids, material possessions, money, friendships, family? Are you overcommitted to any of them? As we finish our series, Life Together, Trent Horner teaches the third value of community, committed, by studying Romans 12:9-18.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
-The first two community core values are authentic and biblical. Go back and watch those sermons if you missed them.
-If you are an informed sports fan but you don’t know God’s Word, that’s a problem.
-A commitment to community is based on love.
-In order to love others you must be a student of them and learn what’s important to them.
-Do you know the the story of the people you are in life group with? Their fears, insecurities, past, goals, dreams?
-Go make a memory and have fun with your life group. Be intentional about creating unique shared experiences.
-A commitment to community is a test of endurance.
-As christians, we are always on mission and at war. Always.
-The closest and most meaningful relationships are often just that because they’ve stood the test of time.
-What if you approached your life group with a long distance, marathon mentality?
-You will encounter conflict and difficulty along the way. If you don’t acknowledge and embrace this reality, you won’t make it in a life group.
-When you encounter difficulty, share, practice hospitality, and be present with one another.
-A commitment to community is a fight for unity.
-We are prone to division and if we don’t proactively fight against it it will take us out.
-If you want to change your life group, draw a circle around yourself and fix everything inside the circle.
-As christians, we don’t judge obedience by the outcome. We strive to be faithful no matter the results.
-Our greatest disappointments come from unspoken or unmet expectations. Share and discuss your expectations with one another.
-We don’t want you to check a bunch of boxes as it relates to being in a life group; we want you to follow Jesus and become more like Him, and one of the best ways we know how to do that is to encourage you to do life with other people in a life group.
MENTIONED OR RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
-Suggested Scripture study: Romans 12:9-18; Romans 12:1-2; Matthew 22:37-39; John 13:35; Hebrews 10:24-25; 1 Peter 5:8
-Sermon: Biblical
-Sermon series: Conflicted